Bust former and supporter



Aug. 10 1926.

E. J. ESPINOSA BUST FORMER AND SUPPORTER Filed Oct. 20 1925 3Sheets-Sheet 1 vwamtoz Aug. 10 1926. 1,595,389

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UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARDO JIMENEZ ESPINOSA, OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA.

BUST FORMER AND SUPPORTER.

Application filed October 20, 1925. Serial No. 63,687.

This invention relates to a class of With these and other objects inview, the womens wearing apparel. invention will be hereinafter morefully de- My invention has for its object primarily scribed withreference to the accompanying to provide a supporter or brassieredesigned drawings forming a part of this specification to be worn bywomen for holding the breasts in which similar characters of referencein- 55 in comfortable and healthful positions as dicate correspondingparts in all the views, well as serving to retain their natural shapesand will then be pointed out in the claims by preventing the breastsfrom sagging at the end of the description. which with some women causea strain upon In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevathe respiratoryorgans and at times also tion of one form of bust former and sup- 6causes deformities of these parts, the sup-. porter embodying myinvention. porter being of an adjustable form so that Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of one of the v I the wearer may raise or lower the breasts athalves of the garment. suitable positions, in order to avoid the dan-Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary View ger of injury from wearing typesof low cut showing an elevation of the rear parts of 65 corsets whichare not provided with bust the garment, and supporting parts. Theinvention consists Fig. 4: is an enlarged view showing plans essentiallyof a'body of somewhat the shape of the sections of one of the halves ofthe of a band divided into two corresponding body of the garment.halves, each composed of attached flexible The bust former and supporteror bras- 7 sections of shapes whereby an approximately siere has a bandlike body 10 which is dicup-shaped concavity having a tapered free videdinto two corresponding halves 11 and upper edge is formed'in thecentralpart of 12 which may be made of lace, silk, cotton each sectionfor receiving the breasts of the cloth or other appropriate flexiblematerial. wearer. Extendinglengthwise of each half Each of the halves 11and 12 is preferably. 7 of the body crosswise of the lower portionformed with a tapered front end 13 which of its concavity are spacedparallel strips or terminates with a straight edge and with a flexiblemembers for supporting the busts, tapered rear end 14 which may be ofless and on the opposed ends of the halves of the width than the frontend portion. Each of body are provided means to allow the halves thehalves may be composed of a suitable 80 to be laced or otherwisefastened together so number of sections, as 15, 16, 17, 18, of that thecircumference of the body may be shapes that when stitched togetherprovide varied. A movable reducer is arranged on in the front portion ofeach half a concavity the upper edge of the concavity of each half orpocket, as 19, 19, having an approxiof the body for serving to form thebreasts mately cone-shaped upper free edge 20. The 86 of the wearer bycontracting the circumferconcavities, 19 and 19 are relatively arencesof the concavities, and to the rear end ranged as well asbeing of sizesadapted to parts of the halves of the body are held one receive thebreasts of a woman when the garof the ends of shoulder straps havingtheir ment is worn, and extending from the front other ends detachablyfastened to the re end to the rear end lengthwise of each half 90 ducersof the concavities at their apices so of the body crosswise of theconcavities 19 that with the movements of the wearer the and 19especially their lower portions are concavities will yieldingly expandand conspaced parallel strips or members 21. These tract according tothe pressure on the breasts strips are of relative lengths so that theyof the wearer. conform to the exterior curvature ofthe con- 96 A furtherobject of the invention is to cavities for serving to effectuallysupport provide a bust former and supporter of a especially the lowerparts of the breasts of simple, efficient and durable construction thewearer of the garment. On the opposed which may be made in various sizesof any front ends 13 of the halves of the bodymay appropriate material.be binding strips 22 and 22*,and extending 100 toward each other fromthe rear ends 14 of the halves are tabs, as 23 and 23 preferably ofsuitable web woven cloth, while crosswise of the stitched edges of thesections 15, 16, 17, 18 as well as across the strips or supportingmembers 21 may be reinforcing ribs, as 24, of cloth or narrow webbing.The front ends of the halves 11 and 12 of the band like body 10 may bedetachably attached together by providing on the binding strips 22 and22 hooks and eyes or any other well known fastening devices, as 25, andin the ends of the tabs 23 and 23 are eyes for passage of lacers, as 27,whereby the tabs may be adjustably laced together so that thecircumference of the body may be reduced or enlarged, in order to permitthe garment to comfortably lit the wearer.

Protruding from the diverging upper edge 20 of the concavity of eachhalf of the body 10 of the garment in spaced proximity to the apex ofthe concavity are sets of spaced loops 28 and 28 and to the centralparts of the diverging edges of the concavity of each half are held theends of a movable reducer preferably in the form of a draw string, as29, which passes through the sets of loops 28 and 28 of the respectivehalf so as to embrace the apex of the concavity. By then moving theparts of the reducers or draw strings 29 upwardly or downwardly thecircumferences of the concavities will be contracted or enlargedaccordingly so that these parts of the garment will snugly fityieldingly the breasts of the wearer.

To the upper edges of the tabs 23 and 23 of the halves of the body areheld one of the ends of two shoulder straps 30 and 30 both of which areof lengths so that their other ends terminate in proximity to the apicesof the cone-shaped edges of the concavities 19 and 19 of the halves. Onthe second ends of the straps 30 and 30 are provided strings or ribbons31, and these strings are releasably tied to the reducers or drawstrings 29 at the apices of the concavities of the halves of the body.The straps 30 and 30 are of lengths so that they may be disposed overthe shoulders of the wearer of the garment, and when the garment isapplied to a woman the front ends of the halves of the body. may beattached together by releasably fastening the devices 25, after whichthe body is arranged on the wearer so that the breasts will be seated inthe ooncavities 19 and 19 The body 10 is the breasts will be comfortablysupported as well as their shapes being properly retained, in order toobviate tendency to be-. come deformed and avoid tending to strain therespiratory organs of the wearer by sagging of the breasts. Moreover,breasts will also be prevented. from liability to injury by being heldagainst undue pressure in event of the woman wearing low cut corsetswhich are not provided with bust supporting parts.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention, therefore, I reserve to myself the right to make suchchanges as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A bust former and supporter, comprising a band likebody divided into two corresponding halves each having a substantiallycup-shaped concavity intermediate its ends, spaced strips extendingacross the concaved portion of each half of the body crosswise of itsconcavity, fastening devices on the front opposed ends of the halves ofthe body for detachably connecting the halves, spaced 100 s extendingfrom the central part of eac side of the concavity of each half of thebody, a draw string member movable on each half of the body andembracing the upper edge of the concavity of each half as well as beingmovably disposed through the loops of the half, and an arm strap havingone of its ends held to the rear part of each half of the body andhaving its other end detachably fastened to the draw string at thecentral parlt of the concavity of each half of the or y.

2. A bust former and supporter, comprising a band like body divided intotwo corresponding detachably connected halves, each having in its frontportion a substan tially cup-shaped concavity with an approximatelycone-shaped upper edge, a draw string member movable on the cone-shapededge of the concavity of each half of the body, and an arm strap havingone of its ends held to the rear part of each half of the body andhaving its other end detachably fastened to the draw string at thecentral part of the concavity of each half of the body.

3. A bust former and supporter, comprising a band like body divided intotwo corresponding detachably connected halves, each having in its frontportion a substantially cup-shaped concavity with an approximatelycone-shaped up per edgegspaced strips extending across the front portlonand across the concavity of each half of the body, a draw string membermovable on the 5 cone-shaped edge of the concavity of each half of thebody, and an arm strap having one of its ends held to the rear part ofeach half of the body and having its other end detachably fastened tothe drawstring at the central part of the concavity of each 10 half ofthe body.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty-seventh day of MayA. D. 1926. EDUARDO JIMENEZ ESPINOSA.

